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Richer, de l'Aigle

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  • Name Richer  
    Suffix de l'Aigle 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Nov 1085 
    Notes 
    • “RICHER de Laigle (-killed in battle Sainte-Suzanne 18 Nov 1085, bur Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle). Orderic Vitalis records him as son of Engenulf de Laigle. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of SaSaint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "domina matre mea Richoereda, Gilleberto et Roberto fratribus meis, Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis". Orderic Vitalis records that he was killed by a Norman archer during the siege of the castle of Sainte-Suzanne and buried at Saint-Sulpice. m JUDITH d'Avranches, daughter of RICHARD Goz d'Avranches & his wife Emma [de Conteville]. She is named as wife of Richer de Laigle by Orderic Vitalis, who also records the names of her father and brother. "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius". "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Judiht uxore mea, filia Richardi de Abrincis et sorore Hugonis comitis Cestrensis". "Robertus…" donated property to Chartres Saint-Père by charter dated to [1101/17], confirmed by "Gisleberti…de Aquila" and witnessed by "Gisleberti de Aquila, Julite eiusdem matris et Juliane uxoris ipsius". Richer & his wife had [six or more] children:
      i) GILBERT de Laigle (-[1118]).
      ii) ENGENULF de Laigle . He is named and his parentage given by Orderic Vitalis, which specifies that he died before his father.
      iii) MATHILDE de Laigle (-[after Oct 1155]). She is named and her parentage given by Orderic Vitalis, who also states her first marriage. Her second marriage took place with the dispensation of Pope Paschal II, granted although her first husbaband was still living[1059]. m firstly (1095) ROBERT de Mowbray Earl Administrator of Northumbria, son of ROGER de Montbrai & his wife ---. m secondly (bigamously after 1107, repudiated) as his first wife, NELE d'Aubigny, son of ROGER d'Aubigny & his wife Amice --- (-21 or 26 Nov 1129). He was granted Montbrai, in Normandy, the forfeited lands of her Mathilde's husband, but eventually repudiated her after the death of her brother Gilbert.
      iv) "several other sons and daughters". Their parentage is given by Orderic Vitalis, which does not give the names of these other children but specifies that they died before their father.”«s87»
    Person ID I15111  Lowell&Block
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2020 

    Father Engenulf, de Laigle,   d. 17 Oct 1066 
    Mother Richereda 
    Family ID F5204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judith, d’Avranches 
    Children 
     1. Gilbert, de Laigle,   d. 1118
     2. Engenulf, de Laigle
     3. Mathilde, de L’Aigle
    Family ID F5202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart